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NEW OS/2 UTILITY: IBM's SystemView
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (tsipple@vnet.IBM.COM)
Sat Nov 18 07:17:56 1995
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 10:10:10 GMT
From: tsipple@vnet.IBM.COM
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Submitted by: Timothy F. Sipples (tsipple@vnet.ibm.com)
Source: Timothy F. Sipples (tsipple@vnet.ibm.com)
Date received: 1995 November 10
Date posted: 1995 November 17
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PRESS REL: IBM SIMPLIFIES MANAGEMENT OF THE PC WORKPLACE WITH
SYSTEMVIEW FOR OS/2
-- Powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solution for systems management
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC -- November 7, 1995 -- IBM today announced a
new systems management solution for customers who need a simple,
affordable way to manage their PC environments. SystemView* for OS/2,
the newest member of IBM's SystemView series, offers a comprehensive set
of systems management functions to help customers improve control and
availability of their computer resources. It also can help them to
avoid problems and contain costs associated with running and maintaining
their OS/2 desktops and servers, Windows** and Windows 95 desktops and
Novell NetWare*** servers.
Today, SystemView for OS/2 is especially suited for small to medium
organizations, and even large organizations, that do not need tight
integration with enterprise-level management functions provided by other
SystemView managers.
"SystemView for OS/2 takes the power and ease-of-use of IBM's SystemView
to smaller customers who must manage their PC networks -- without
spending a lot of money or training time to do so," said Al Zollar,
vice president, SystemView, IBM Networking Software Division. "We are
very pleased to add this new, low-end OS/2 solution which is consistent
with our multivendor, client/server strategy described by IBM's Open
Blueprint. SystemView for OS/2 complements other SystemView products we
already have announced for IBM's AIX*, OS/400* and MVS* systems.
Continuing our commitment of delivering reliable SystemView solutions on
our customers' choice of management platform, we now are working to
extend SystemView to additional platforms, including non-IBM systems."
"It's awesome. We took over a remote machine over a telephone line, and
it's really impressive," said Josiah Airall, systems analyst for
Cincinnati Bell Information Systems. "It's more dynamic and robust than
what Microsoft has to offer. SystemView for OS/2 gives you real-time
monitoring, and Microsoft's SMS*** does not. In the LAN environment,
you want to be proactive, instead of reactive. There is absolutely no
comparison between SMS and SystemView."
"IBM SystemView for OS/2 is a well-designed software tool with a lot of
powerful features built in," said Achim Heidebrecht, director of
consulting for SYSDAT, in Cologne, Germany. "Software distribution,
automatic inventory and remote control are the most highlighted
functions to mention. This will increase the productivity of system
administrators, indeed. I expect that this product will cut the software
installation costs by half and the support costs at least by one third."
SYSTEMVIEW FOR OS/2 FEATURES
Servers and PCs are a matter of business necessity for many of today's
companies, both large and small. Customers benefit from having systems
management functions that are flexible enough to meet their needs as
their businesses continue to grow. SystemView for OS/2 is a simple and
reliable systems management solution for such small but growing
companies.
SystemView for OS/2 provides functions in a unique combination offered
by no other vendor, including:
o real-time monitoring, which allows network managers to discover
problems before users do and solve them;
o a software process monitor, which enables managers to keep
applications up and running and users productive;
o support for DB2/2* and Lotus Notes*, which allows users to re-use
configuration and performance data in those familiar formats and
reduces the user's learning curve;
o a software inventory dictionary of over 3000 titles, which enables
SystemView for OS/2 to automatically find the applications users
have installed; and
o extensive performance monitoring metrics that enable systems
administrators to learn about poor performance before the users do
and take preventative actions.
Based on IBM's popular NetFinity* product offering, SystemView for OS/2
provides a wealth of functions to keep PC systems running smoothly. It
integrates NetFinity's PC hardware management, discovery, hardware and
software inventory, and file transfer functions and integrates them with
additional capabilities such as software distribution and preparation,
license management and remote control. In addition, applications written
for NetFinity by independent software vendors (ISVs), through the
NetFinity Partners in Management program, also will run with SystemView.
NetFinity, which is shipped with IBM PC servers and selected IBM desktop
and mobile PCs, will continue to be enhanced to support additional
operating systems.
"By uniting NetFinity functions with other IBM management products to
create SystemView for OS/2, IBM has integrated, enhanced and simplified
its workgroup management offering," said Sylvia J. Clark, senior analyst
for Aberdeen Group. "NetFinity's market-leading management functionality,
combined with additional IBM management tools, makes SystemView for OS/2
a robust and easy-to-use set of desktop and server management tools."
From an easy-to-use graphical interface, users can automatically
discover hardware and software resources, distribute software updates
and set performance monitoring thresholds and automation actions. Users
can remotely access and control their workstations and servers,
eliminating the need for expensive, time-consuming trips or phone calls
to resolve problems at remote locations.
Installing SystemView for OS/2 is easy. After the user answers two
questions about the name of the PC and the communications protocol to
use, SystemView for OS/2 installs in about ten minutes and is ready
to use. Just point and click on an icon to access any feature.
SystemView for OS/2 capabilities are included in IBM's OS/2 Warp Server,
now in beta test.
SystemView for OS/2's unique, proactive real-time monitoring of system
processes, critical files, inventory functions and server and network
performance will be available worldwide November 17, 1995 at a price
of $495. An upgrade from NetFinity is $99.
FUTURE DIRECTION
IBM intends to continue to integrate and extend the systems management
functions of SystemView for OS/2 in areas such as multiplatform software
distribution, storage management, virus detection and support for
industry-standard protocols used by hubs, routers, switches and other
computer equipment. This will include improved integration with other
members of the SystemView series. IBM also will translate SystemView for
OS/2 into Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese,
Spanish and other languages.
Additionally, independent software vendors now are invited to develop
applications and extensions for SystemView for OS/2, under the auspices
of the SystemView Advance Team and in conjunction with the NetFinity
Partners in Management program.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For Internet users, IBM offers complete information about the company,
its products, services and technology on the World Wide Web. The IBM
Home Page is at http://www.ibm.com. The fastest, easiest way to get
information about IBM software is to go to the IBM Software Home Page
at http://www.software.ibm.com. For more information about today's
announcement, go to the SystemView Home Page at:
http://www.raleigh.ibm.com/svd/svhome.html
Ordering Information: 1-800-IBMCALL (1-800-426-2255)
* Trademark or registered trademark of IBM Corporation
** Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation
*** Trademark or registered trademark of owner company
